Every Name in Tanakh

קוֹרֵא Kore

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 307×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 9:19 and last at 2 Chronicles 31:14.

1 Chronicles 9:19דברי הימים א ט:יט

וְשַׁלּוּם בֶּן־קוֹרֵא בֶּן־אֶבְיָסָף בֶּן־קֹרַח וְֽאֶחָיו לְבֵית־אָבִיו הַקָּרְחִים עַל מְלֶאכֶת הָעֲבוֹדָה שֹׁמְרֵי הַסִּפִּים לָאֹהֶל וַאֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם עַל־מַחֲנֵה יְהוָה שֹׁמְרֵי הַמָּבֽוֹא

And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the Tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entry;

1 Chronicles 26:1דברי הימים א כו:א

לְמַחְלְקוֹת לְשֹׁעֲרִים לַקָּרְחִים מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָהוּ בֶן־קֹרֵא מִן־בְּנֵי אָסָֽף

For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

2 Chronicles 31:14דברי הימים ב לא:יד

וְקוֹרֵא בֶן־יִמְנָה הַלֵּוִי הַשּׁוֹעֵר לַמִּזְרָחָה עַל נִדְבוֹת הָאֱלֹהִים לָתֵת תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה וְקָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים

And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill-offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of the LORD, and the most holy things.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Kore?

Kore — קורא in Hebrew — has a gematria of 307 in the standard method.

How many times is Kore named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at 1 Chronicles 9:19.

A spelling is not a name. The written word קורא stands 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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